Antibiotic resistance evolved via inactivation of a ribosomal RNA methylating enzyme

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 8897-8907

  Stojković, Vanja ^a   Noda Garcia, Lianet ^b   Tawfik, Dan S ^b   Fujimori, Danica Galonić ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLATING ENZYME; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FIRMICUTES; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; GENETIC VARIATION; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84992316392     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw699     Document Type: Article

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